Eremo dei Romiti, Domegge di Cadore

The Romiti di Monte Froppa hermitage stands on the hill of the same name at an altitude of 1164 m, in the municipality of Domegge di Cadore, and was built in the years 1720-1721. On the other hand, the construction of the nearby church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist the Forerunner and on whose bell tower was placed a bell donated by the Cadore Community, dates from four years later, in 1724.

The religious structures housed some Franciscan tertiary friars, nicknamed "the Romites," between 1720 and 1810. Founder of the hermitage was Friar Giovanni Maria Pinazza, also the congregation's first superior. The life of the religious was defined in the Constitutions and Rules, a series of provisions that punctuated and regulated daily activities until April 20, 1810 when, by Napoleonic decree, the community was suppressed and the buildings completely abandoned.

Between 2007 and 2008 the hermitage was restored by the Municipality of Domegge for tourist-cultural purposes, while respecting the original vocation of the place. Of the entire religious complex, a small capital a hundred meters from the church is still in good condition, which has the only frescoes that have withstood the wear and tear of time. Also in the pipeline is the restoration of the church itself, which, although completely bare inside, has its perimeter walls still intact as its roof was redone in the late 1970s and early 1980s.